Mayor, council members hit with Ethics fines

The city Ethics Commission approved a deal Tuesday for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to pay a $20,489 fine for failing to report receiving free tickets to concerts and other events, a day after a state commission authorized a similar penalty on the mayor. Daily Nwes.

The two panels determined that Villaraigosa had improperly accepted or failed to report 33 free tickets to events such as Lakers games, the Academy Awards and a Shakira concert.

The state Fair Political Practices Commission had agreed on Monday that Villaraigosa pay a $21,000 fine, a record amount for that type of offense.